Question the motive

by Martyn Crosby

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A.   Execute endless lowly widow`s contribution to get
sedimentary rock (8)

B.   He hath listened! I tormentedly get to the top spot
of the news (3,3,9)

C.   Not serious illumination (5)

D.   Tomboy loses tail in decapitated lamb, producing
fission weapon (4-4)

E.   Achromatic contents of new hi-tech (5)

F.   Rodents` star turn (4)

G.   American inventor takes an age to get around negative
prefix (6)

H.   Comedienne once hid inert gas (4)

I.   Middle East wear foot in the Promised Land, replacing
sodium (6)

J.   Effete man I convert lacks virility (10)

K.   We, hurting over Charlotte Bronte`s upper levels (9)

L.   Wild railroad hayride produces a lot of hot air (9)

M.   Philosophy article : piper`s son is a thousand ! (7)

N.   Flavor of Chinese dynasty (4)

O.   Who objectively lodges in new home (4)

P.   Frequently possessive decimal base (5)

Q.   Fun upset changed riyal unjustly (8)

R.   Restrict boundary (5)

S.   Stupid person turns timid, Wolfram (6)

T.   Vacillator hides on Tokyo-Yokohama link (4)

U.   Harp on about little Annie, for example (6)

V.   Berger leaves butterfingered mixup unqualified (8)

W.   12" old Hebrew liquid measure offers means of cleaning
extremities (8)

X.   Live within the bounds of customary practise (7)

Y.   Silly Disney character (5)

Z.   Aphid excretions sharpen yen condensation (8)

AA.   Ring the bell, Lincoln`s assassin, for one-time
jail (9)

AB.   Queen of Spades? Cherchez la femme! (4,3,4)

AC.   Gives affront about having too many employees (12)

AD.   So dry initiatives upset susceptibility to radiation
(16)